A guy here at work bought one. I used it. It is easy to read words on the screen. But it feels like an "old" prototype that he might have picked-up on eBay. I was able to figure out the controls quickly.
Of course, I wanted to try the "basic web browser". Not so good for most sites. But, satisfactory to read text blogs, as long as they are built "special" for text-based browser such as this it seems, or you have to navigate the "vertical scroll" stuff this device creates. Interesting that cell access is free. The scroll-thingy control is fine, but it seems out-dated. Actually reading a couple pages of a book was nice. The page "refresh" on this device seems sluggish at times. The screen response to typing is sluggish as well.
Overall, this just seems like a "let's test the market with this thing we created in a weekend" device.
Perhaps MIT should build another building, this time with proper intrastructure planning and design. And then house current Strata research in the new building.
MIT certainly has the cash, and they could certainly find some others to occupy what would then be the "old Strata." Maybe the MIT museum could move and expand into old Strata...
I can't concentrate. Must be the bad acoustics in my cubicle area. My nearby window is very chilly in the wintertime, it has very bad insulation. In big rainstorms, the ceiling leaks onto the nearby whiteboard. It's been repaired a few times, but new leaks appear. The server room often overheats, bringing down my connection to the internet. I have a long walk to the bathroom, there just aren't enough toilets in this place. And they clog at least twice a month! And the walk to the cafeteria takes 8 turns and 2 flights of stairs. Visitors have a hard time finding it! Damn, I can't work in this environment! My work is suffering. Damn all these problems. This building sucks.
Although few people who work there are willing to state it out loud, the rumblings are being felt that the decline of computer science research at MIT has in no small part been due to this negative influence of the building on daily worklife.
Really? If there are some researchers blaming a building for their shortcomings...well, enough said. That is ridiculous.
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers' hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers.
It will take until February to release an SDK because we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once--provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones--this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.
Some companies are already taking action. Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than "totally open," we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone's amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs.
We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.
Steve
P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch.
Microsoft is starting its long-anticipated drive into the consumer health care market by offering free personal health records on the Web and pursuing a strategy that borrows from the company's successful formula in personal computer software.
I'll bet this sentence is not going to go over too well with the slashdot crowd.
First the ozone layer gets a hole, now this. Now Earthlings are responsible for a hole in the universe. Dag nabbit, we gotta get a handle on global warming, and put an end to the damage we are doing to the universe.
While blanket ad blocking in general is still theft
Is this a joke?
Numerous web sites exist in order to provide quality content in exchange for displaying ads. Accessing the content while blocking the ads, therefore would be no less than stealing.
So, if I don't watch the advertisements during commerical breaks of "30 Rock", I am essentially stealing the broadcast content of that program. Perhaps my analogy is off base...but still, this is ridiculous.
Must be some pretty crappy sites that do this anyway. And, provide quality content is not usually the case...
That is a big waste of money. Big storms often wash out tons of sand. Some more crappy sand gets trucked in, and washed out....and trucked in....and washed out. It is ridiculous. Then the locals complain about how the jetty that Springfieldport built, two towns over, effected the currents, and the "natural" deposit of sand during huge storms, and they are to blame! It's actually kinda humorous...
So, the user interface is so easy, that a just-hired AT&T customer service person can't screw it up. This user interface must be the best of all time!!
[she] told me that I had to buy it through a personal card
That is ridiculous. It really makes no sense, does it? Am I missing something here? Why would Dell not take this order on a business card? I just don't get it.
I cannot agree more. I was interested for the first 10 episodes. There were a couple good story lines to run with. It seems like there have been a few shows on network television like this in the past three years...and the writers pick the WRONG storylines to run with...what the heck!!
Who is making these decisions? Remember those two or three 'alien' shows? They had some promising development, and then they fell flat...
I think there just aren't enough good writers to go around...
Wow, such harsh comments. I always read the article.
Even if water is abundant in this planet, the conditions would not be right for life to exist there, she says. It would be too hot, and it is not even clear if any of the water could be in liquid form, although deep inside where the pressure goes up, there could be a region where the water is in a quasi-liquid state. "It could pass through a strange region where it's not quite solid and not quite liquid
They aren't quite sure what they have in this planet. I don't think it's too far fetched to believe a narrow layer of super hot water may exist, with some minerals, in which case, life could exist in some form.
Excellent. I could not agree more. Exactly what I've been saying for a long time. There are so many usability issues. The same "mistakes" are made over and over and over again. And don't get me started on the actual "quality" of the call. And STOP nickle-and-diming me on everything!
Ya know, give me a cheap handheld web browser, that's what I want...screw the phone.
I read page 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, waiting for the interview to pick up some steam...never really happened.
Maybe it was the interviewer? Woz needs someone to probe his mind for comments and insight. A good autobiographer could ask the questions that get more interesting responses. It might take 10 months of questions to get enough good material to sift through...
The first great add-on I see to this is the ability to crank up the current and voltage so that all the people at the conference table are shocked into paying attention. Too many people brings their Notebook PC's to meetings, and then they glue themselves to the screens. Answering instant messages, typing notes, playing games, who knows what! And they all clamor for the plug because they all seem to be low on power...
With this, they can be 'charging' and also 'shocked' when needed...
Slashdot Mirror
Aren't they an "innovative technology company"?
:)
They simply pay the bills with their advertising revenue.
A guy here at work bought one. I used it. It is easy to read words on the screen. But it feels like an "old" prototype that he might have picked-up on eBay. I was able to figure out the controls quickly.
Of course, I wanted to try the "basic web browser". Not so good for most sites. But, satisfactory to read text blogs, as long as they are built "special" for text-based browser such as this it seems, or you have to navigate the "vertical scroll" stuff this device creates. Interesting that cell access is free. The scroll-thingy control is fine, but it seems out-dated. Actually reading a couple pages of a book was nice. The page "refresh" on this device seems sluggish at times. The screen response to typing is sluggish as well.
Overall, this just seems like a "let's test the market with this thing we created in a weekend" device.
Perhaps MIT should build another building, this time with proper intrastructure planning and design. And then house current Strata research in the new building.
MIT certainly has the cash, and they could certainly find some others to occupy what would then be the "old Strata." Maybe the MIT museum could move and expand into old Strata...
I can't concentrate. Must be the bad acoustics in my cubicle area. My nearby window is very chilly in the wintertime, it has very bad insulation. In big rainstorms, the ceiling leaks onto the nearby whiteboard. It's been repaired a few times, but new leaks appear. The server room often overheats, bringing down my connection to the internet. I have a long walk to the bathroom, there just aren't enough toilets in this place. And they clog at least twice a month! And the walk to the cafeteria takes 8 turns and 2 flights of stairs. Visitors have a hard time finding it! Damn, I can't work in this environment! My work is suffering. Damn all these problems. This building sucks.
Where's the "Feng Shui"?
There must be some good tips in this Feng Shui tips page for all those working within this horrible, dismal, oppressive, new building at MIT. http://iccsg.wordpress.com/2006/08/12/feng-sui-tips-for-you/
I've worked and lived in some dismal places. That building is not a dismal place to work. And it is certainly not oppressive.
And, indeed, it is human nature to lay blame anywhere except on oneself. I agree with you.
Although few people who work there are willing to state it out loud, the rumblings are being felt that the decline of computer science research at MIT has in no small part been due to this negative influence of the building on daily worklife.
Really? If there are some researchers blaming a building for their shortcomings...well, enough said. That is ridiculous.
2D with ascII characters. I still enjoy this game.
http://www.nethack.org/common/index.html
http://www.nethack.org/
Third Party Applications on the iPhone
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers' hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers.
It will take until February to release an SDK because we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once--provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones--this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.
Some companies are already taking action. Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than "totally open," we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone's amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs.
We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.
Steve
P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch.
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The last page of this dude's site.
http://www.meangene.com/google/google7.html
Hey, it doesn't look half bad. I thought it would be much worse.
How about a greater level of hyperbole...
Microsoft is starting its long-anticipated drive into the consumer health care market by offering free personal health records on the Web and pursuing a strategy that borrows from the company's successful formula in personal computer software.
I'll bet this sentence is not going to go over too well with the slashdot crowd.
inked a deal with Comcast
This had me interested until I read that they made a deal with the devil.
Then you have to worry about the robot service person. That's your weak link.
First the ozone layer gets a hole, now this. Now Earthlings are responsible for a hole in the universe. Dag nabbit, we gotta get a handle on global warming, and put an end to the damage we are doing to the universe.
I'm a conservative and typically voted Republican, and even *I* wanted the Dems to come into power to repair the damage of Bush's administration
A conservative republican would not make this statement.
You are clearly not a conservative.
While blanket ad blocking in general is still theft
Is this a joke?
Numerous web sites exist in order to provide quality content in exchange for displaying ads. Accessing the content while blocking the ads, therefore would be no less than stealing.
So, if I don't watch the advertisements during commerical breaks of "30 Rock", I am essentially stealing the broadcast content of that program. Perhaps my analogy is off base...but still, this is ridiculous.
Must be some pretty crappy sites that do this anyway. And, provide quality content is not usually the case...
replacing sand lost to erosion
That is a big waste of money. Big storms often wash out tons of sand. Some more crappy sand gets trucked in, and washed out....and trucked in....and washed out. It is ridiculous. Then the locals complain about how the jetty that Springfieldport built, two towns over, effected the currents, and the "natural" deposit of sand during huge storms, and they are to blame! It's actually kinda humorous...
Whoops. I was blinded by Apple. I couldn't read properly...I stand corrected.
Not on sale at Apple stores?
So, the user interface is so easy, that a just-hired AT&T customer service person can't screw it up. This user interface must be the best of all time!!
[she] told me that I had to buy it through a personal card
That is ridiculous. It really makes no sense, does it? Am I missing something here? Why would Dell not take this order on a business card? I just don't get it.
Dell is screwed.
I cannot agree more. I was interested for the first 10 episodes. There were a couple good story lines to run with. It seems like there have been a few shows on network television like this in the past three years...and the writers pick the WRONG storylines to run with...what the heck!!
Who is making these decisions? Remember those two or three 'alien' shows? They had some promising development, and then they fell flat...
I think there just aren't enough good writers to go around...
Wow, such harsh comments. I always read the article.
Even if water is abundant in this planet, the conditions would not be right for life to exist there, she says. It would be too hot, and it is not even clear if any of the water could be in liquid form, although deep inside where the pressure goes up, there could be a region where the water is in a quasi-liquid state. "It could pass through a strange region where it's not quite solid and not quite liquid
They aren't quite sure what they have in this planet. I don't think it's too far fetched to believe a narrow layer of super hot water may exist, with some minerals, in which case, life could exist in some form.
Life can exist in that environment. It does here on Earth.
l -deep-ocean-vents
http://science.enotes.com/earth-science/geotherma
Excellent. I could not agree more. Exactly what I've been saying for a long time. There are so many usability issues. The same "mistakes" are made over and over and over again. And don't get me started on the actual "quality" of the call. And STOP nickle-and-diming me on everything!
Ya know, give me a cheap handheld web browser, that's what I want...screw the phone.
I read page 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, waiting for the interview to pick up some steam...never really happened.
Maybe it was the interviewer? Woz needs someone to probe his mind for comments and insight. A good autobiographer could ask the questions that get more interesting responses. It might take 10 months of questions to get enough good material to sift through...
The first great add-on I see to this is the ability to crank up the current and voltage so that all the people at the conference table are shocked into paying attention. Too many people brings their Notebook PC's to meetings, and then they glue themselves to the screens. Answering instant messages, typing notes, playing games, who knows what! And they all clamor for the plug because they all seem to be low on power...
With this, they can be 'charging' and also 'shocked' when needed...